Strategic Partnership

NEW DELHI: French equipment maker Alstom and Indian software exporter Infosys Technologies today announced the expansion of their strategic partnership in areas of global research and development, engineering and engineering IT services. This partnership envisages substantial strategic investments over the next five years to develop next generation solutions for the power sector, an Alstom release said. Infosys will provide support to Alstom Power's global...

NEW DELHI: President Pranab Mukherjee today said India is desirous of deepening its strategic ties with Russia in a host of areas and subjects. This was conveyed by Mukherjee to visiting Chairman of the Russian State Duma , Sergey Naryshkin , who called on him at Rashtrapati Bhavan here. Interacting with Naryshkin and his delegation, the President said India-Russia strategic partnership has a long and illustrious history. "President Putin's...

BANGALORE: ITC Infotech, a global IT services and solutions company and a fully owned subsidiary of ITC Ltd. , today announced a strategic partnership with SAP India Pvt . Ltd to become a solution reseller for SAP Business ByDesign. With this partnership, ITC Infotech is now entitled to market, sell and deploy SAP Business ByDesign as well as offer additional services, it said in a statement. With the inclusion of SAP Business ByDesign...

NEW YORK: Asserting that there is enough room for both India and China to develop, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said New Delhi was ready to work with Beijing to facilitate the development of their "strategic partnership of cooperation". India-China ties have developed rapidly and the exchanges of high-level visits have forcefully promoted bilateral ties and cooperation of mutual benefit, Mukherjee, who met his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi over...

NEW DELHI: Asserting that economic and financial cooperation between India and the US was an important pillar of their strategic ties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today assured the US that his government was committed to provide predictable and stable tax regime and policies. Modi conveyed this to visiting US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew , who called on the Prime Minister. Lew was accompanied by Vice Chairman of the US Federal Reserve , Stanley Fischer....

In an interview with Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury, Lim Thuan Kuan , who is Singapore High Commissioner to India, speaks about Singapore President' Tony Tan Keng Yam's ongoing State Visit to India to expand partnership with an eye on investments and building smart cities to contribute to India's success story. What are the new areas of cooperation that are being explored to boost ties between the two countries? Singapore and India are...

MOSCOW: Russia cherishes its strategic partnership with India as both countries have convergent global interests and share common responsibility for maintaining international security and stability, President Vladimir Putin said here on Tuesday. "We cherish the strategic partnership with India. It is one of the centres of economic growth and influence in an emerging multi-polar world," Putin said while accepting the credentials of the Indian Ambassador Prabhat...

MUMBAI: IT services provider Patni Computer Systems and Activplant Corporation have entered into a strategic partnership to develop an efficient performance management system. The collaboration will enable Patni to provide enhanced production performance management services to global manufacturers in automotive, pharma and life sciences, consumer packaged goods and food and beverage industries. Activplant will get access to Patni's industry...

MUMBAI: Broadband and telecommunications service provider Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) has entered into a partnership with AOL, America's leading web service provider, to bring its products and content to India. The products and content would be available to MTNL's broadband customers through a co-branded portal called mtnl.aol.in, MTNL Executive Director J Gopal told reporters today. MTNL has a broadband user base of 5 lakhs in both Delhi and Mumbai.

ISLAMABAD: Despite the fall-out from the deluge of diplomatic cables having been released by whistle-blower website WikiLeaks , the United States expects that cooperation, support and partnership in the US-Pakistan relationship will continue. During a press briefing, when asked whether the "WikiLeaks documents can or will create any sort of confusion or increased tension between Pakistan and the U.S. Army," US State Department Spokesman Philip J....

NEW DELHI: India and France can reach an understanding on the vexed issue of civil nuclear liability in the same manner as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama ended the stalemate on this subject, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said here today. Fabius, who held a meeting with the Prime Minister, said that Modi has agreed to visit France "this spring" and it was for him to say how India "considers" the issue of civil...

BEIJING: Playing down President Barack Obama's visit to India, official media here today said too much need not be read into the "romance" between him and Prime Minister Narendra Modi as there are difficult talks ahead before both sides' expectations can converge. "The seemingly enthusiastic approaching of the US and India and the romance between the two leaders do not suggest any substantial improvement in the bilateral ties of the two...

MOSCOW: Russia values privileged strategic partnership with India, President Vladimir Putin has said and expressed confidence that the two countries will develop a constructive political dialogue and mutually advantageous cooperation in all fields. "We value privileged strategic partnership built between our states," Putin said as he congratulated President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on India's 66th Republic Day...

WASHINGTON: Encouraged by President Barack Obama's visit to India and a series of agreements between the two countries especially on nuclear and defense, a top Republican leader has said that progress is being made towards achieving the full potential of India-US ties. "I am encouraged by the news over the weekend that the US and India have taken further steps to deepen our strategic partnership, including clearing the way to achieve the benefits of...

WASHINGTON: The Indo-US agreements on defence cooperation announced by the two countries "promises to open a new chapter" in bilateral military ties and marks an "important milestone" in their strategic partnership, US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel today said. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi today broke a seven-year-old logjam in operationalising their landmark civil nuclear deal besides deciding to...

NEW DELHI: Signalling renewed intensity in ties, India and the US today decided to further "elevate" the long-standing strategic partnership by enhancing cooperation in a raft of crucial areas including defence, trade and commerce, technology transfer, counter-terrorism and climate change. Both the countries released a 'declaration of friendship' outlining broad contours of engagements after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President...

NEW DELHI: Decisions taken during the meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama will take the bilateral strategic ties to an "altogether new high", India Inc said today. "This visit of President Obama is historic ... We witnessed today a transformative moment in the ties between India and the US," FICCI said in a statement. It said that decisions taken by the two sides under the leadership of Modi and...